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    Korsman Bird Sanctuary (26112818)

    Gauteng
    Card 502280
    Compiler 79
    Location code 26112818Korsman Bird Sanctuary (Gauteng)
    Start date 2011-08-09
    Season WWinter
    Start time 15:35
    End time 17:20
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 549
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Cold and light wind blowing.Three dead Spurwing geese and two dead Egyptian geese counted.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		120
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		160
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		490
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		191Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		90
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		40
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		60
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		1650
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1865Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		470
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Thursday 25 April 2024 02:03
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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